On a mystic island off Oceania in the South Pacific, young princess MoanaWaialiki is the feisty
teenage daughter of the chief of her tribe, and the only daughter in a long
line of navigators. When her family needs her help, she sails off across the
open Pacific ocean on an epic adventure to save her people.Joined by the energetic, less-than-humble,
once-powerful demigod Maui, Moana is determined to
prove herself a master wayfinder
and to fulfill her ancestors’ unfinished quest. From Walt Disney Animation
Studios and featuring music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Moana is a funny, joyful, and sweet crowd-pleaser
that is every bit the life-affirming catharsis many will be looking for this
holiday season. Rated G 1hr55

ALLIED

In 1942 Casablanca during WWII, Max Vatan, a French-Canadian intelligence officer, meets
French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour, on a
deadly mission behind enemy lines.They fall in love while working together on a mission to kill a German
official.The happy couple soon get
married and have a child together. However, their relationship is threatened
by the pressures of war, especially when Max is told that Marianne may be a
Nazi spy. He's given 72 hours to find out the truth, and if the suspicions
are true, he's ordered to execute her or be hanged himself.Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillardgive mesmerising performance in Allied;
a throwback, old-fashioned spy thriller that is full of suspense, moral
complexities and captivating entertainment.

Rated 14A (sexually suggestive scenes
& violence) 2hrs5

THE EAGLE HUNTRESS

This awe-inspiring documentary follows the epic journey of Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl who has a fascination with
her father's and grandfather's practice of hunting with a golden eagle. She
wants to follow in their footsteps, but the role has predominantly been given
to men.One day, her father allows her
to capture a golden eagle chick, which she trains in order to compete against
70 much more experienced men in an annual competition, and become the first
female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become a master eagle hunter.
The Eagle Huntress is a rare, riveting, visually stunning, educational
experience; an inspiring, feel-goodstory about a young girl's dreams-no
matter how challenging-coming true. Rated G 1hr30

Synopsis: One of the most highly praised
operas of recent years, which had its premiere at the Salzburg Festival in
2000, Kaija Saariaho’s yearning medieval romance L’Amour de Loin (“Love From
Afar”), has its Met premiere this season. The production is by Robert Lepage,
co-produced with L’Opéra de Québec, where it premiered to acclaim last
summer, in collaboration with Ex Machina. Debuting Finnish conductor Susanna
Mälkki leads the performance, which stars Susanna Phillips as Clémence, Eric
Owens as Jaufré, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim who carries messages of
love between them.

Synopsis: One of the most highly praised operas of recent
years, which had its premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2000, Kaija
Saariaho’s yearning medieval romance L’Amour de Loin (“Love From Afar”), has
its Met premiere this season. The production is by Robert Lepage, co-produced
with L’Opéra de Québec, where it premiered to acclaim last summer, in
collaboration with Ex Machina. Debuting Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki
leads the performance, which stars Susanna Phillips as Clémence, Eric Owens
as Jaufré, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim who carries messages of love
between them.

Runtime: 2 hrs58 min

Verdi’s

Nabucco

January 7, 2017 @ 10am

Synopsis: Met Music Director James Levine conducts
Verdi’s early drama of Ancient Babylon, Nabucco, with Plácido Domingo adding
a new role to his repertory as the title character. Liudmyla Monastyrska
sings the tour-de-force role of Abigaille, Nabucco’s willful daughter, with
Jamie Barton as Fenena, Russell Thomas as Ismaele, and Dmitri Belosselskiy as
the prophet Zaccaria, the role of his 2011 Met debut.

Runtime: 3 hrs 4 min

Gounod’s

Roméo et Juliette

January 21, 2016 @10am

Synopsis: The electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo
and Diana Damrau reunites for a new production of Gounod’s opera based on the
Shakespeare play. Damrau makes her role debut as Juliette in Bartlett Sher’s
new production, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Elliot Madore sings Mercutio
and Mikhail Petrenko sings Frère Laurent. Sher’s staging is a La Scala
production, initially presented by the Salzburg Festival, where it premiered
in 2008.

Runtime: 3 hrs29 min

Dvořák’s

Rusalka

February 25, 2017 @10am

Synopsis: Kristine Opolais stars in a new production
of the opera that first won her international acclaim,Dvořák’s fairy-tale opera about the
tragic water nymph Rusalka. Sir Mark Elder conducts Mary Zimmerman’s new
staging, which also stars Brandon Jovanovich as the human prince who captures
Rusalka’s heart; Katarina Dalayman as Rusalka’s rival, the Foreign Princess;
Eric Owens as the Water Sprite, Rusalka’s father; and Jamie Barton as the
duplicitous witch Ježibaba.

Runtime: 4 hrs5 min

Verdi’s

La Traviata

March 11, 2017 @10am

Synopsis: Sonya Yoncheva brings her acclaimed
interpretation of the doomed courtesan Violetta Valéry Met Traviatato Live in
HD audiences for the first time, opposite rising American tenor Michael
Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo. Thomas Hampson sings one of his most acclaimed
Met roles as Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s disapproving father, in a revival of
Willy Decker’s staging conducted by San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola
Luisotti.

Runtime: 2 hrs54 min

Mozart’s

Idomeneo

March 25, 2017 @10am

Synopsis: James Levine conducts a rare Met revival of
Mozart’s Idomeneo, set in the aftermath of the Trojan War.

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s classic production, which has
its first Met revival in over a decade this season, stars Matthew Polenzani
in the title role. The cast also includes Elza van den Heever as Elettra,
Nadine Sierra as Ilia, Alice Coote as Idamante, and Alan Opie as Arbace.

Runtime: 4 hrs18 min

Tchaikovsky’s

Eugene Onegin

April 22, 2017 @10am

Synopsis: Anna Netrebko reprises one of her most
acclaimed roles as Tatiana, the naïve heroine of Tchaikovsky’s opera, adapted
from Pushkin’s classic novel. Dmitri Hvorostovsky stars as the title
character, who rejects Tatiana’s love until it’s too late. Robin Ticciati,
Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, conducts the revival of
Deborah Warner’s staging, which opened the Met’s 2013-14 season. Alexey
Dolgov sings the role of Onegin’s friend-turned-rival, Lenski, with Elena
Maximova as Tatiana’s sister Olga and Štefan Kocán as Prince Gremin.

Runtime: 3 hrs57 min

R. Strauss’

Der Rosenkavalier

May 13, 2017 @9:30am

Synopsis: The Met’s first new production since 1969 of
Strauss’s rich romantic masterpiece is conducted by Music Director James
Levine and directed by Robert Carsen, whose most recent Met production was
the hit 2013 staging of Falstaff. Renée Fleming sings one of her signature
roles as the Marschallin, opposite Elna Garana in her first North American
performances as Octavian, the impulsive young title character. The cast also
includes Günther Groissböck as Baron Ochs, Erin Morley as Sophie, Marcus
Brück in his Met debut as Faninal, and Matthew Polenzani as the Italian
Singer. Der Rosenkavalier is a co-production with the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden, and Teatro Regio di Torino.